Garment holder



NW10, 1936. 5f M. vcfg-IEN' 2,060,459

GARMENT HOLDER I l Filed Nov. 22, 1935 f INVENTOR.

Patented Nov. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

This invention relates to garment holding devices, such as shirt envelopes.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described having improved means for holding a collar; improved means for supporting the shoulder portions; improved means for holding the body of a garment against longitudinal and lateral movements; improved means for holding a garment in display position; an improved association of elements for releasably locking a garment in position and for facilitating the engagement of the garment in the said position.

Another object is to provide a device adapted to be cheaply constructed by an improved method adapted for quantity production.

Another object is to provide an improved device having few and simple parts, and which is durable, reliable and efficient in use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid objects in View, the invention consists in the novel combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments, pointed out in the subjoined claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawing, wherein like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan View of a device embodying the invention, with a garment applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device open as in Fig. l, without the garment.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, of the device open as in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of the blank element of the device prior to the assembling thereof.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a garment holder portion, with parts of the collar in section and other parts thereof in dot-dash lines.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary plan view of a modification of the invention.

The advantages of the invention as here outlined are best realized when all of its features and instrumentalities are combined in one and.

the same structure, but, useful devices may be produced embodying less than the whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, that the same may be incorporated in several different constructions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is submitted merely as showing the preferred exemplication of the invention. v

Referring in detail to the drawing, I0 denotes a device embodying the invention and adapted to hold a suit, coat or shirt II having the usual collar I2.

The device I0 may include means for holding a garment, including means for releasably locking the collar or adjacent garment portion against movement in any direction, by engagement with the collar or portion as a whole rather than with a particular point or section of the collar or garment. Of course the collar or garment portion holding means may or may not be used with a means for holdin-g the body of the garment. Also, a garment collar may be considered similar or equivalent to adjacent portions of the garment, with particular reference to the shoulder portions of the garment. But the invention may be viewed as involving novel shoulder holding portions in improved relation with a collar holding portion or a portion for holding the garment body, or both. y

The garment holding means may include a support, back, orinterconnecting element I3 of suitable size and shape, for instance, rectangular, and being substantially coextensive with the garment as in a conventional longitudinally and transversely folded position thereof. At a point such as the lower end of the element I3 I may provide a holding means orband I4 adapted to receive the garment. This band may be omitted. p

At a point spaced ralong the element I3 from the band I4, I provide a locking means for the garment which may be embodied in a unitary means such as a band I5. This band may have a pair of spacedr slits I6 tapering upwardly toward each other, and being interconnected by a slit I'I having a downward notching slit portion I8 intermediate of the slits I6. Thus a downward projecting tongue I9 is provided, which may be of upward supporting or wedging characten and which can be of any `desired width and length. Likewise a collar` supporting band portion 20 is provided having a downward extending notch I8 so that the part 20 is adapted to externally engage the collar under the wings thereof, with the notch receiving and supporting the collar atthe front adjacent to the fold line of the collar to thus assure support for the wings of the collar.

The slits I6 may terminate at their upper ends in short slits 2| that extend toward each other to facilitate movement of the tongue I9 relative to the plane of the band I5, and to facilitate longitudinal convexing of the tongue to permit its ready insertion into the shirt.

In practice, the folded garment is inserted through the bands I4, I5 downward, and when in proper position therein, the tongue I5 is sprung into the shirt through the collar thereof. Then the element 20 is sprung under the collar wings and the assembly according to Fig. 1 is completed.

As shown in Fig. 6, the side edges 22 of the tongue I9, defined by the slits I6, bear snugly against opposite sides of the collar internally thereof to tautly maintain the latter flat. Also the said edges may bear against and support the shoulder portions 23 of the garment.

As a display, the device Il) permits the garment to be readily viewed as to quality, laundering, etc. Further the display is neat and novel, the tongue I9 concealing the back of the garment at the collar, with the point 24, resulting from the notch at I8, readily fitting the contour of the collar as shown in Fig. 6. The assembly may be freely manipulated as a display, and yet, with the garment reliably held.

It is seen that lateral movement of the garment is prevented by the bands I 4, I 5, downward movement is prevented by the shoulder engaging tongue I9 and the collar support 20; and upward movement is prevented by the arrangement of the tongue I9 extending into the garment and being connected at its neck 25 to the band I5. Also any tendency for downward movement of the garment results in a transverse stretch of the collar by the wedge tongue I8, and thus relieves the pressure of the collar against the element 20, whereby possible distortion of the collar is avoided.

A particular advantage of the device I is the saving of material in an envelope holder. Approximately 40% of the material is saved, and a superior and attractive result produced. The cost of material is a primary item in a device of this type.

The modification shown in Fig. 7 shows a band Ia generally similar to that at I5, except that the slits 2Ia may be longer than those at 2l and may be interconnected by a fold line 26; further a simple straight slit I la may be used in place of the slit I 'I, and if desired, the element 29a may be engaged over the wings of the collar to hold them down, instead of being positioned thereunder as in Fig. 1. If desired, the cross fold portions of the collar at 2l may overlie adjacent portions of the band |5a instead of underlying the same as in the device IIJ to thus improve the interlock for the collar. The garment will be held in all directions, and certain features of this modification may be used in the device I0.

The method of making the devices will now be briefly described. In Fig. 5 are shown blanks 28, 29, 30 corresponding to the elements I5, I3 and I4 respectively. The blanks 28 and 30 may have score lines 3l, 32 respectively, to provide anges 33, 34 foldable above the edges of the blank 29 and adapted to be secured to the back surface of the blank 29 as by adhesive. The slits I6, I'I, I8 and 2l are preformed in the blank 28, and there is no waste material at all. If desired, the blanks 28, 3U may be cut from a single sheet of paper or other stiff or pliable material.

I claim:

1. A device for supporting a collar including a member having a relatively long slit, transverse closed ended relatively short comparatively straight slits extending convergingly from the ends of the long slit, on one side of the latter, the long slit having a notch forming slit portion on the opposite side thereof centrally related to the short slits, the portion of the member defined by said slits constituting a tongue connected to the member and adapted to be downwardly inserted into a closed collar for longitudinally stretching the same to keep the collar flat, the connection of the tongue and the member being in proximity to the ends of the relatively straight converging slits, with a portion of the collar supported in said notch, and the member having parts defined by said short slits for affording additional supporting engagement for the collar.

2. A device for supporting a collar including a member having a relatively long slit, transverse closed ended relatively short comparatively straight slits extending convergingly from the ends of the long slit, on one side of the latter, said slits defining a tongue having suicient width for relatively snug dovetail downward engagement in a collar, within the neckband thereof, the short slits terminating in slits that extend directly toward each other up to the connection of the tongue and the member, the short slits receiving and conning the sides of the collar, and garment supporting means, said member being connected to an end of said means so that the direction of convergence of the short slits is toward said end, the said tongue lying iiatwise substantially along the plane of said member in collar holding position.

3. A device including a rst member for supporting a garment, a second member for holding a collar connected to an end portion of the rst member, the second member having a relatively long slit transverse to the first member, relatively short slits extending from the ends of the long slit toward the adjacent end of the first member to provide a tongue projecting toward the remote end of the first member, said tongue lying latwise along the plane of the first member and being sufliciently wide to be adapted to project into a collar to hold the same in flat expanded position against said first member, and the size of opening afforded by the tongue and slits being sufficient to permit the collar ends to be passed outward through said opening to overlie the lower edge of the long slit.

4. In combination, a garment having a collar and a member for holding said collar, said member having a longitudinal slit and transverse end slits leading therefrom to ,provide a tongue and dei-lne an opening upon moving the tongue from the plane of the member, said tongue projecting downward into the collar, and the latter having the wing ends thereof passed through said opening to overlie the member at the lower edge of said opening.

5. In combination, a collar, and a member for holding the collar flat and for limiting lateral and vertical movement thereof relative to the member, said member having a slit forming a tongue connected at one end to the member, said tongue providing an opening in the member on deflecting the tongue from the plane of the member, said tongue having its side edges converging toward its connecting end with the member, said tongue having downward dovetail enagement with the collar interiorly thereof to expand the collar flatwise and prevent release of the collar from the tongue, with the side edges of the opening additionally limiting relative lateral movement of the collar and the closed ends of the slit preventing relative upward disengaging movement of the collar.

6. In combination, a garment having a collar and shoulder portions, and a support including a member lying at one side of the garment parallel thereto, said member having slits providing a downward extending tongue having downward diverging side edges, said tongue lying substantially inthe plane of the member and being snugly fitted in said collar and having its diverging edges extended to support the shoulder portions of the garment.

MORRIS COHEN. 

